Performance of a non-load-bearing steel stud gypsum board wall assembly: Experiments and modelling

• Published in: Fire and materials Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 297 - 310
• Main Authors: Manzello, Samuel L., Gann, Richard G., Kukuck, Scott R., Prasad, Kuldeep, Jones, Walter W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.08.2007; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Building technical equipments; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; compartmentation; Exact sciences and technology; Fire behavior of materials and structures; Fire protection; fire resistance; heat flux; partitions; wall; Compartment fire test; partitions; compartmentation; Gypsum plate; Fire performance; Heat flow; Steel; Experimental study; Modeling; Fire resistance; Experimental result; Building wall; Fire test; Stud; heat flux; wall; Fire safety
• ISSN: 0308-0501; 1099-1018
• DOI: 10.1002/fam.939

A gypsum wall assembly was exposed to an intense real‐scale compartment fire. For the wall assembly, temperatures were measured at the exposed face, within the stud cavity, and at the unexposed face during the fire exposure. Total heat flux gauges were used to measure the temporal variation of the energy incident on the walls, and cameras, both visual and infrared, were used to image the unexposed face of the wall assembly during the fire exposure. The behaviour of the wall assembly under the fire load is discussed as are current model results for a simulation of the fire test. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.